|| CF Correspondent ||

Afghanistan warned Bangladesh that they are ready to play fire with fire if the host have any plan to dismantle Afghanistan with their spin web as like they did in the past against the touring side as Rashid Khan and his spinners tore apart BCB XI, showing an intriguing display of spin bowling in two-day practice game which predictable ended in a draw at MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.

Afghanistan gained the psychological edge, having dismissed BCB XI for just 123 runs with spinners-skipper Rashid Khan himself and left-arm spinner Zahir Khan sharing eight wickets between them before the match settled for a draw

Bangladesh announced a Test team, comprising mostly with spinners, indicating that they would keep up the trend of fielding four-pronged spin attack. But Afghan spinners’ performance in practice match was a treat to watch.

The 20-year old Zahir Khan who is yet to make his Test debut was particularly impressive, claiming 5-24, that broke the spine of BCB XI batsmen. Rashid Khan grabbed 3-26 with his leg-spin.

The rest of the two wickets went to two pacers-Shapoor Zadran and Syed Shirzad. Another spinner Mohammad Nabi went wicket-less but created pressure with tight bowling

However Afghanistan didn’t use much another leg-spinner Qais Ahmed, considered as next big thing of Afghanistan.

This Qais Ahmed mauled Bangladesh A, comprised with several national players, in four-day matches when Afghanistan A toured this country in July.

But in this practice game Qais bowled just two overs.

Al-Amin Hossain was the highest scorer for BCB XI with 29 runs while opener Anamul Haque Bijoy made 19.